Queen Margrethe of Denmark quit smoking after 66 years (wow!). The queen had to undergo surgery on her back last February and has therefore sworn off the fags.
Time for you to think about life as a non-smoker. Or maybe you’ve been killing yourself for years and now have a few tips for anyone still addicted? Both would be fantastic.
But here are just a few tips from seven Watsons who have quit smoking.
«Step 1: Switch to a brand without additives (is a first withdrawal)
Step 2: Take three days off, if you manage without smoking, you’ve made it.
Step 3: Fill the refrigerator.
Step 4: Play video games for three days. ‹Diablo 4› would currently be an option.
Step 5: Invest the saved money in the rent increase.»
“Good. I could actually give much better advice on how to start smoking again. But the two times I’ve managed to quit over several years, the only way to do it was by the abrupt method: Quit with no aids designed to make nicotine withdrawal easier but only to perpetuate the dependency it seems to me to be an advantage to quit one night before a weekend off if you have to work on hardcore withdrawal the damn inner has voice (the nicotine does speak) additional arguments why a cigarette is now absolutely necessary. »
« Allen Carr’s advice book ‘Finally Non-Smokers!’ is no longer a secret weapon, because it works. It’s about understanding the psychology behind addiction. And then quitting can be very easy! However, a much bigger problem (not only from my point of view) is not to start smoking again. But the author also has some advice on this.”
Our Corsin Manser agrees…
“It really worked for me with the book ‘Finally Non-Smokers’. The book is about the freedom you get by giving up smoking. That convinced me. I haven’t smoked a single cigarette in 7 years.”
«Thanks to a bronchitis that knocked me out for 4 weeks and after that nobody smoked in the office anymore. At the time I thought smoking alone was very uncool :D»
“My tip would be: I think the worst are all the moments when you have to stop smoking completely. They are tough. For me, one of those moments was the pool after work. How wonderful it was to jump into the Limmat after work and then light up a cigarette. Not doing that after quitting smoking was anything but easy. At these times it helps to reward yourself with something else and to be aware that the desire for a cigarette usually passes after 5 minutes. At least that’s what I read somewhere and that was my mantra at the time.”
“If you’re sick, like the flu or food poisoning, and you can’t smoke for a while, go for it! Not like Wilhelm Busch: ‹The frog was so sick for three days, now it’s smoking again, thank God!›»
Is that all Chabis? Let us know in the comments how it really (or otherwise) goes!
